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News The Clackamas Print Wednesday, May 8,1996 Student wins Congressional Environmental Week Youth Award for participation planning underway Elisabeth Rainsberger Contributing Writer The Congressional Youth Award was presented to CCC student Amanda McGee on April 12. The silver medallion honors McGee for her outstanding par ticipation in the following categories: taking part in an Ex pedition, Public Service, Per sonal Development and Physical Fitness. Senator Hatfield presented this award to McGee at the Capi tol Building in Salem. Awards were also given to seven other outstanding Orego nian youths for their achieve ments. In all, there were a total of one gold, two silver, and five bronze medallions awarded. McGee received a Silver medal lion. Some of McGee's recog nized accomplishments include an expedition on horse back for seven days into the Milk Creek Wilderness. This adventure ful filled the Expedition category for receiving the medal. Her Personal Development requirement was obtained by working at McDonalds and gain- Chamber Choir hosts non-Estonian performance Clackamas student Amanda McGee was awarded the Congressional Youth Award last month in Salem. c o co <D a. ■o CB £ o >, -O O Q ■C a. ing personal independence. By teaching horse riding les sons for the 4H Club, she fulfilled her public service requirements. Lastly, McGee completed her qualifying factor in Physical Fit ness by training horses. Altogether McGee needed a total of 420 total accumulated hours of service derived from the four categories to receive this award. McGee had originally set her sights on receiving a gold medal lion. But sadly, after achieving an excess of the 2,500 hours that are required for the gold medallion, Retired instructor dies Karin Redston Assistant Opinion Editor Contributed Story Clackamas Community Col lege will host a unique joint ap pearance by the only non-Esto- nian choir and dance troupe to be invited to ESTO ’96, a world friendship song and dance festi val to be held this summer in the former Soviet republic. The CCC Chamber Choir will perform with the Portland Estonian Dancers at 4 p.m. on May 12, in the Gregory Forum. Proceeds raised by the con cert will help the two groups pay expenses for their August trip to Estonia. Each m6mber of the two groups is attempting to raise $1,600 to pay for their individual expenses. The cost of the May 12 con cert and dance performance is $6 for general admission and $3 for students. Senior citizens are wel come to attend free. The program will feature the music of Estonia in song and dance. The Clackamas Chamber Choir is the only musical group from outside Estonia to be invited to the August festival, which will be attended by more than 250,000 people. The Chamber Choir will be part of a 6,000-member Esto nian choir during the festival. The group also will go on a performing tour of the country, including stops on some of the Es tonian islands in the Baltic Sea. Members of the CCC choir will be staying in the homes of Estonians during their stay. The Chamber Choir participated in the West Coast Estonian Song and Dance Festival held in Port land last year. The group also re cently completed a performance cf Carmina Burana with Portland’s “Choral Cross-ties.” and working many hours a day for over two years she was in formed that she had not reached the age requirement for a gold medallion. With spirited perseverance McGee now plans to go for the gold. She is starting her Public Service work already and has be gun working on Civil War Reen actment, in a project called Liv ing History. If that wasn't enough achievement to earn the respect of her colleagues, she now has her eyes on a new set of goals that include a Transfer Degree, and a General Art and Letters Degree. Contributed photo Robert Lilly, business administration instructor, retired from Clackamas in 1993. Retired CCG Business Ad ministration Instructor Robert F. Lilly died of apparent heart fail ure in his home last Saturday. Lilly, who was 68, had retired December 31, 1993 from the col lege. He had been an instructor here since 1969. A vigil service followed by the Rosary will be held tonight at 7 p.m. at Hillside Mortuary lo cated at 1306 7th Street in Oregon City. Funeral Mass will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. in St. John the Apostle Catholic Church lo cated at 417 Washington Street. Memorial donations can be made to the CCC Foundation Scholarship Fund. Chad Patteson Editor-in-Chief Dian Connet’s Leadership Class A coalition of community organizations will be working to promote environmental awareness during the First An nual Environmental Week, May 18-25. Many on-campus activities are planned including outdoor barbecues and band perfor-. mances. The event is being orga nized by Ken Eshelman, Spokesperson for ASG's Envi ronmental Club, Help Everyone’s Environment Live (HEEL). “The whole concept is to provide a foundation for stu dents to learn what is going on in their world,” said Eshelman. All events are free to the public. Following is a tentative schedule for Environmental Week ♦ Higher Ground, band perfor mance ♦ Tri-met information display with free “Trip Home” bus passes ♦ Barbecue coordinated through ASG Student Activities ♦ Electric Car displayed by Ron Tonkin ♦ National Wildlife Federation display Saturday, May 18 ♦ Johnson Creek Streambank restoration, 10 a.m. - noon, sponsored by AmeriCorps ♦ Oregon Student Group Re search Group (OSPRG) display ♦ National Wildlife Federation display Monday, May 20 Saturday, May 25 ♦ CCC Cool Jazz Band, perfor mance ♦ Focus on Recycling ♦ Metro compost workshop ♦ Sign cleaning on the grounds of the Environmental Learning Center" ♦ National Wildlife Federation display Tuesday, May 21 ♦ Ground Zero, band perfor mance ♦ Birds of Prey exhibit 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. ♦ Audobon Society 11 a.m.-l p.m. ♦ Campus storm drain painting sponsored by John Keyser and Celebrate Spring and enjoy dancing fun for all ages at a spe cial concert for the whole family in the Gregory Forum at 7 p.m. on May 17, when part-time instuctor Bill Briare and ChanneLight will perform a va riety of music suitable for all ages. Briare will lead ChanneLight in world beat dance music as well Thursday, May 23 ♦ Second Balcony Jump, band performance ♦ John Snively, from the Sci ence Department, lectures on environmental issues ♦ Campus storm drain painting Friday, May 24 ♦ Lone Wolf, band performance, Bob Misley’s band ♦ Oregon Field and Stream in formation display ♦ Bottle Bill debate ♦ Water testing and cleanup of Newell Creek, sponsored by the Life Sciences Department and Friends of Newell Creek Other activities will include ELC tours and environmentally related lectures throughout the week. Current contributing mem bers include the CCC Music De partment, Plant Services, Asso ciated Student Government, HEEL, The Cafeteria, and The National Wildlife Federation. For more information on Environmental Week, contact Ken Eshelman at ext. 2247. Higher Ground will be one of the bands playing for the first annual Environmental Week held at Clackamas. They will be here on May 22. 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